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soup or thick soup. In refusing wine
simply say Thanks" The servant
will know that you do not take any.
The servants retire after the dessert;
then there is a moment for more conf
dental conversation; then the lady |
gives the signal for rising.
No English hostess ever reproves her
servants at table, or even before her
husband and children. She puts her
guests at ease by appearing to be at
ease herself.
The week of holiday at Whitsuntide
is delightful for the Londoners. They
all go to the parks, the woods, the
country. Statesmen, fine ladies, art
lists, young physicians, lawyers, clerks,
shop-girlS-all seek the woods. AS for
the privileged classes, they go from
London to their estates, put on plain
clothes, fish, hunt, and the English
girls hunt violets in the wood-that
real love of nature which is so honora-
BILE a part of the English character
breaks out in great and small. How
lovely sight is that in some great
park near Ascot, the English mamma
with the donkey and the children,
all enjoying the first days of the
spring.
In America is not holiday too often
spent in the streets of q great city, or
in going to museums and theaters, or in
something which smacks of civiliza-
tionP
In England at Whitsuntide the shop
girls of London-a Woodworking class
go down to Epping Forest, or to
Hampton Court, or to Windsor with
their basket of lunch, and in the coun-
try they go to the neighboring great
house to see the pictures, l was in
Derbyshire once and saw the hard
handed operatives hurrying across the
lawn to see Chatsworth and its glories.
Everywhere along the road from Mat
lock Bath little signs were out at the
door of humble cottages, with "Hot
water for tea," which means that the
poorest can 90 in and hire a cup and
saucer and teapot and hot water for
penny. They bring their own tea and
sugar. The economy which is part of
an Englishman's religion could well be
copied in America. Even Duchess
tries to save money, saying that it is
better to Give it away in charity than
to waste it.
The etiquette of giving has to be
learned by an American. A shilling is
as good as a guinea. No one but an
American give more for small services
Tea is served in English houses sew
eral times aday. 1t is always brought
to the bedside before rising. 1t is
poured at breakfast, and is necessity
of life at five O clock. 1t is drank Just
before going to bed. Doubtless the
cold, damp climate has much to do
with this. Tea is not offered strong,
but it is excellent, freshly drawn, and
not stepped. 1t is refreshing.
The carriage etiquette differs from
ours. The gentleman of the family
sits beside his wife, allowing his
daughters to ride backwards. A gen.
tleman rarely sits beside lady unless
he is her husband or brother, father or
son. Even an affianced lover is not
permitted this privilege.
1t must be confessed that the groups
in Hyde Park and Rotten Row, and
about the Serpentine, have a solemn
look, the people in carriages rarely
chatting, but sitting up in state to
be looked at, the people in chairs
gravely staring at others. None but
the people on horseback seem to be al
ease. They chat as they ride, and, al
faultlessly caparisoned as they are
with well-groomed horses, they make
the most beautiful procession in the
, world in that royal park, where all tha
is loveliest and most manlyin England
, meets every evening and rides-O, SC
well!
f The English drawing-room Away!
has table near the window-a table
t with firm hold upon itself, devoted t.
r the business of writing notes, and wha
notes they write, these nice Englisl
, women How neat the little daven
D port or small writing-stand, wher
notes are written and bills docketet
} and tucked away, and paper stored il
S little drawers, and store of pens ant
a ink, and envelopes and paper for ever,
= need! We never saw in an Englisl
family any lack of these conveniences
: There is never hasty servant search
ing for bit of paper and pencil 70
Y a visitor to leave,a message in case o
Q the absence of the master and mistress
; Every bedroom is furnished with thes
s nice details of stationery. Such littl
Q things give to a household an air of re
1 pose and refinement, suggesting fore
n thought on the part of the mistress e